单词 | monasticism |
释义 | monasticism (once / 12778 pages) n WORD FAMILY monastic: monastical, monastically, monasticism, monastics USAGE EXAMPLESClosest to the epicenter was the ancient city of Norcia, the birthplace of St. Benedict, the father of monasticism and famed for its Benedictine monastery. Seattle Times(Oct 30, 2016) MacIntyre was as admirer of St. Benedict, the founder of Western monasticism who brought moral order to some corners of the Dark Ages. Seattle Times(May 08, 2016) “It was kind of like a lesson in monasticism,” Herrmann said. Washington Times(Apr 17, 2016) n asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience Hypo|Hyper eremitism monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience asceticism, austerity, nonindulgence the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) |
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